Aloha !!!!

Aloha !!

I guess this is my first post to the blog..I just want to share beautuiful memories of our Hawaii trip during the long weekend(July 2nd - 7th).Truly an unforgettable experience, I must say !! We could only visit 3
Islands out of 8 important islands... Here is the the trip summary..

7/2:It was a 7.5hrs direct flight from Denver to Maui. Checked in hotel and rested for the whole day...

7/3:Haleakala Sunrise: We wokeup at aroud 2.45am to get ready for an amazing sunrise at Haleakala summit which is 10,000ft above sea level. Started at around 3.15am, reached the summit at around 4.30am. It was very cold out there, probably around 40F. I stepped out the car to capture few snaps, but not lucky enough at this dark.I guess sunrise was around 5.40am. There was huge crowd gathering to visit the beautiful sunrise popping out over the cloud. It was truly a beauty !!An native hawaiian sang a song which is a sacred thing for them. There is an ancient story behind the Sun, Haleakala and the song. Pls google it for more details, if you wish to know..
Later at noon, We dived into the ocean to a depth of 124ft...No kidding..it was a Submarine trip. It was a new
experience. Watched some eagle fish, and whole lot of other beautiful fishes...

7/3, 7/4: Kaua'i Island:We took an evening interisland flight to kauai, and checked in hotel at night..Booked a day tour in Kauai. We visited Waimea canyon which is also called as canyon of pacific, and on the way watched blow holes near the shore. Headed to waileua river cruise. The guide told that 'the bridge on river kuai' was filmed at this location., but couldn't verify this info from wiki...It was a relaxed river cruise. Back to maui in the night.

7/5 : Maui - Road to Hana tour.The most scenic drive called Hana hwy. We visited blue ocean,Lush rain forest,very narrow roads, some spring waterfalls, ponds etc etc...nature rich tour..enjoyed much.

7/6 : Big Island tour.We visited mostly volcanic region, craters, black sand beaches etc.. Due to enough sunlight we couldn't notice the red live lava flowing into the ocean, just got glimpse of fumes.

7/7 : MauiBack to Maui. Checked out the hotel and visited few places on our own, such as IOA needle, beautiful water falls, and headed towards kanapaali beach for parasailing. Floating over the pacific was an unique experience and tour guy managed to bring us down to touch the water, that was awesome...fortunately no whales/sharks found in this region :-) !

Here we come to end of our trip ! returned back to Denver on 7/8 morning, and back to work :-((

I bet our beautiful hawaii experience will remain in our thoughts for many more years...
Here is the photo link..http://picasaweb.google.com/Madhav23/Hawaii#

Mahalo !(aloha and mahalo are two words used almost everywhere in hawaii)!
MadhaVidya !!